1.
The mood of this photograph is sad and depressing. This photograph is in grayscale and I think that the lack of color adds to the gloomy feeling. The darks grays and blacks give a cold and lonely feeling, like the girl is isolated from the rest of the world. The emphasis in this photograph is on the girl. She is in the center of the photograph, making her the first thing that the viewer will see. She is in focus while the background isn't which means that she is what is important in the photograph, not where she is. The way that this photographed is angled shows a little of what is underneath where the girl is standing. All that is shown is a little bit of empty space, which could mean that the girl i standing on a balcony. Her position makes it seem like she is lost in thought about something sad. The metal railing that she is leaning on makes me think that she is trapped because the bars on the railing remind me of bars on a jail door. This photograph as a whole reminds me of "Romeo and Juliet" because the girl is standing on a balcony obviously sad about something. She could be sad for the same reason Juliet was, because she can't be with the one she loves. I think that the photographer is trying to something about how society can tear two people apart leaving one feeling isolated and trapped by feelings of sorrow. I feel sympathetic for the girls because she looks like she has been separated from who she loves and doesn't know if she can ever be back with that person.
2.
The mood of this photograph is warm and loving. It has a low depth of field, making the woman and the baby the parts of the photograph that are in focus. I find the baby to be a symbol of innocence because when people are that young, they haven't had the time to be corrupted by society. Also, there is more light on the baby than on the woman. I think the light represents the pureness of the baby. The woman seems wise because she looks like she had been through a lot. Her face has been wrinkled by age and age usually indicates knowledge, the longer you have lived, the more time you have had to learn about life. The way the woman is holding the baby is a protective, loving, and caring way. I think that the photographer is trying to relate two very different ages. These two ages, young and old are different yet similar at the same time. Both can be regarded as pure, young because it hasn't been corrupted and old because it has learned and knows how to make the right choice. They are opposites because the young one doesn't know anything about the world but the old one knows a lot about the world, probably more than she wants to know. I feel like this represents what we think when we are really little or when we are really old. When people are really little, they usually think that people like their grandparents know everything. When people are really old, they sometimes wish they could go back to before they knew about the bad things in our world.
3.
This photograph contains leading lines that make the viewer look down the photograph to the background. This make me want to know what is down this road, whether it is something good or bad. Aside from this, I also find myself looking at the three boys standing in the middle of the street. I don't think that they are up to trouble because it is light out in the photograph so it seems like it could be the middle of the day. If this was taken at night then it would have a different meaning because it would be dark and sketchy. However, it is daytime so I think that the kids are just out to be out. The setting makes me think like they are in a poor town because the buildings are small and what seems to be a main street isn't very busy, it's almost vacant besides the boys and a few cars. So I think that the boys are out so they have something to do besides being stuck at home. Back to the leading lines, I feel that they show a journey for the boys, a way out of the run-down town. The end of the road isn't completely in focus because it represents their future which isn't known. All they know is that they want to leave their town so their future leads away. The mood of this photograph is hope. The boys have some hope of leaving the town and the road and leading lines represent their hope. I think the photographer is trying to say that it is up to us to make our own decisions and plan our future. We can either do nothing and be stuck in where we are forever or we can do something and start planning for a better future but no one can do it for us, we have to do it for ourselves.
4.
The mood of this photograph is secretive. To me, it looks like the woman has a secret and has been keeping that secret for a long time. She isn't looking directly at the camera because she doesn't want to give anything away. It's like the camera is the person that she wants to keep the secret from and if she looks directly at the person then she won't be able to keep her secret anymore. I think that she has kept this secret for a long time because of the wrinkles on her face. The texture in this photograph makes it easy to see just how many wrinkles she has on her face, which are a lot. Wrinkles come with time as people get older and from the amount of wrinkles on her face, she seems old. I think she is on the verge of letting go of her secret because she has a slight smile on her face. It's almost like she's been playing a game and has won because she has kept this secret for so long and now feels like there isn't much of a reason to keep the secret anymore. The smile is like a tease for the person who the secret has been kept from for so long. This person has been left in the dark and now there is a chance to be brought into the light. The smile could represent the woman being ready to finally tell the secret or it could represent that she will never tell the secret. I think this is also represented in her clothes, a white shirt under a black jacket. These are two colors that contrast with each other, in many ways they are the opposite of each other. The white could be her telling the secret but it is covered by the black which is the keeping of the secret. So, the woman may want to tell the secret but something, like pride, makes her keep it to herself every time. I think that the photographer is trying to say that with age a secret will keep growing and will always be a prat of you unless you tell someone.
5.
This photograph has a gloomy and depressing mood. There is a man standing over and looking at another man who seems to be dead. However, these two men look to be the same. So, it is like the man has died and is looking at himself lying dead. The man standing is dressed in black and is in the dark. The way he is standing makes it seem like he can't believe that he was dead. I think that his death wasn't expected because he was so young. He also looks like he wishes he could have done things differently in his life and would go back and change things if he could. The man lying down is in the light and looks like he could be sleeping. This makes it seem like the man died peacefully, possibly in his sleep s he din't feel any pain. The lack of decoration in the room makes the room have little importance. II find this to show that the man has no ties to the place and has probably been to lots of places. I think that the photographer is saying that death is inescapable and will eventually happen to everyone whether they are expecting it or not. So, it is important to live each day like it could be your last because there is a possibility that it will be your last. At the end of the day, to be able to look back and not have any thoughts like "I should have done this" or "I wish I did that." Don't make yourself have any regrets because you never know if you will have a chance to make things the way you want them to be and in life it is impossible to go back and change the past.
1.
The mood of this photograph is sad and depressing. This photograph is in grayscale and I think that the lack of color adds to the gloomy feeling. The darks grays and blacks give a cold and lonely feeling, like the girl is isolated from the rest of the world. The emphasis in this photograph is on the girl. She is in the center of the photograph, making her the first thing that the viewer will see. She is in focus while the background isn't which means that she is what is important in the photograph, not where she is. The way that this photographed is angled shows a little of what is underneath where the girl is standing. All that is shown is a little bit of empty space, which could mean that the girl i standing on a balcony. Her position makes it seem like she is lost in thought about something sad. The metal railing that she is leaning on makes me think that she is trapped because the bars on the railing remind me of bars on a jail door. This photograph as a whole reminds me of "Romeo and Juliet" because the girl is standing on a balcony obviously sad about something. She could be sad for the same reason Juliet was, because she can't be with the one she loves. I think that the photographer is trying to something about how society can tear two people apart leaving one feeling isolated and trapped by feelings of sorrow. I feel sympathetic for the girls because she looks like she has been separated from who she loves and doesn't know if she can ever be back with that person.
2.
The mood of this photograph is warm and loving. It has a low depth of field, making the woman and the baby the parts of the photograph that are in focus. I find the baby to be a symbol of innocence because when people are that young, they haven't had the time to be corrupted by society. Also, there is more light on the baby than on the woman. I think the light represents the pureness of the baby. The woman seems wise because she looks like she had been through a lot. Her face has been wrinkled by age and age usually indicates knowledge, the longer you have lived, the more time you have had to learn about life. The way the woman is holding the baby is a protective, loving, and caring way. I think that the photographer is trying to relate two very different ages. These two ages, young and old are different yet similar at the same time. Both can be regarded as pure, young because it hasn't been corrupted and old because it has learned and knows how to make the right choice. They are opposites because the young one doesn't know anything about the world but the old one knows a lot about the world, probably more than she wants to know. I feel like this represents what we think when we are really little or when we are really old. When people are really little, they usually think that people like their grandparents know everything. When people are really old, they sometimes wish they could go back to before they knew about the bad things in our world.
3.
This photograph contains leading lines that make the viewer look down the photograph to the background. This make me want to know what is down this road, whether it is something good or bad. Aside from this, I also find myself looking at the three boys standing in the middle of the street. I don't think that they are up to trouble because it is light out in the photograph so it seems like it could be the middle of the day. If this was taken at night then it would have a different meaning because it would be dark and sketchy. However, it is daytime so I think that the kids are just out to be out. The setting makes me think like they are in a poor town because the buildings are small and what seems to be a main street isn't very busy, it's almost vacant besides the boys and a few cars. So I think that the boys are out so they have something to do besides being stuck at home. Back to the leading lines, I feel that they show a journey for the boys, a way out of the run-down town. The end of the road isn't completely in focus because it represents their future which isn't known. All they know is that they want to leave their town so their future leads away. The mood of this photograph is hope. The boys have some hope of leaving the town and the road and leading lines represent their hope. I think the photographer is trying to say that it is up to us to make our own decisions and plan our future. We can either do nothing and be stuck in where we are forever or we can do something and start planning for a better future but no one can do it for us, we have to do it for ourselves.
4.
The mood of this photograph is secretive. To me, it looks like the woman has a secret and has been keeping that secret for a long time. She isn't looking directly at the camera because she doesn't want to give anything away. It's like the camera is the person that she wants to keep the secret from and if she looks directly at the person then she won't be able to keep her secret anymore. I think that she has kept this secret for a long time because of the wrinkles on her face. The texture in this photograph makes it easy to see just how many wrinkles she has on her face, which are a lot. Wrinkles come with time as people get older and from the amount of wrinkles on her face, she seems old. I think she is on the verge of letting go of her secret because she has a slight smile on her face. It's almost like she's been playing a game and has won because she has kept this secret for so long and now feels like there isn't much of a reason to keep the secret anymore. The smile is like a tease for the person who the secret has been kept from for so long. This person has been left in the dark and now there is a chance to be brought into the light. The smile could represent the woman being ready to finally tell the secret or it could represent that she will never tell the secret. I think this is also represented in her clothes, a white shirt under a black jacket. These are two colors that contrast with each other, in many ways they are the opposite of each other. The white could be her telling the secret but it is covered by the black which is the keeping of the secret. So, the woman may want to tell the secret but something, like pride, makes her keep it to herself every time. I think that the photographer is trying to say that with age a secret will keep growing and will always be a prat of you unless you tell someone.
5.
This photograph has a gloomy and depressing mood. There is a man standing over and looking at another man who seems to be dead. However, these two men look to be the same. So, it is like the man has died and is looking at himself lying dead. The man standing is dressed in black and is in the dark. The way he is standing makes it seem like he can't believe that he was dead. I think that his death wasn't expected because he was so young. He also looks like he wishes he could have done things differently in his life and would go back and change things if he could. The man lying down is in the light and looks like he could be sleeping. This makes it seem like the man died peacefully, possibly in his sleep s he din't feel any pain. The lack of decoration in the room makes the room have little importance. II find this to show that the man has no ties to the place and has probably been to lots of places. I think that the photographer is saying that death is inescapable and will eventually happen to everyone whether they are expecting it or not. So, it is important to live each day like it could be your last because there is a possibility that it will be your last. At the end of the day, to be able to look back and not have any thoughts like "I should have done this" or "I wish I did that." Don't make yourself have any regrets because you never know if you will have a chance to make things the way you want them to be and in life it is impossible to go back and change the past.